Regal Entertainment Group, which runs the Visalia Stadium 10, announced it is holding a Best Picture Film Festival in its nationwide chain of movie theaters including the downtown Visalia theater from Friday, Feb. 23 through Sunday, March 4.

Movie fans can purchase festival passes to all nine films for $35. Tickets for individual films are also available.

The films nominated for this year’s Best Picture Oscar are:

Call Me by Your Name (R): This masterful adaptation of Andre Aciman’s acclaimed novel is a gorgeous film about first love and heartbreak. Timothée Chalamet gives a star-making performance as the lead character.

Darkest Hour (PG-13): This historical drama is well worth seeing for Gary Oldman’s startling performance as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the depiction of some intriguing behind-the-scenes maneuvering by politicians.

Dunkirk (R): Christopher's Nolan's World War II movie about the rescue of 400,000 British soldiers surrounded by German forces is movie making at its most compelling and masterful.

Get Out (R): This perfectly cast, sharp satire uses a familiar horror premise to comment on the real horrors and anxieties of race in America.

Lady Bird (R): The autobiographical coming-of-age comedy-drama set in Sacramento is one of the best movies of the year and features a luminous performance by Saoirse Ronan.

Phantom Thread (R): Paul Thomas Anderson’s sneakily terrific film about an obsessive fashion designer (Daniel Day Lewis) is filmmaking at its best.

The Post (PG-13): Director Steven Spielberg’s gripping and taut tackling of the Pentagon Papers scandal, takes place in 1971 but happens to be the most politically timely high-profile Hollywood tale of 2017.

The Shape of Water (R): This fairytale-like story of a woman who falls in love with a sea creature is decidedly odd but still compelling because of top-notch performances and evocative direction.